CHNG, Ben Kee Cheong
Chinatown,
Accession Number 001020
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 6
Total Reels
- Jesley Chua Chee Huan
Interviewer
- 02:45:12
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 6
Metadata
- 11 Apr 1989
Recording Date
- 00:29:36
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal background. Duxton Road in the early days. Family background. Why opium trade was popular during Japanese Occupation. Opium was openly sold in the area .Opium dens in Duxton Road. Description of opium dens. Yan Kit swimming pool. Opium smoking. Why opium dens were not raided by the police. Opium smokers were served by young ladies. Processing of opium for smoking.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 6
Metadata
- 11 Apr 1989
Recording Date
- 00:30:08
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Opium packaging. Gambling dens in Duxton Road. Reasons why Duxton Road was not a popular place for visiting. Soft drink bottles used for fights during disputes between different surname groups. How these disputes were settled. Reasons for their clashes. Secret societies.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 6
Metadata
- 11 Apr 1989
Recording Date
- 00:29:23
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
The three major surname groups (Ho, Teo and Chng) in Duxton would co-operate if threatened by an external party. Reasons for their co-operation. Brothels in Duxton Road. Housing conditions and standard of living in the area. Paper bag industry. Educational standard of children in Duxton. Elaboration on his father's background. Interviewee studied in Pearl's Hill Primary School.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 6
Metadata
- 21 Apr 1989
Recording Date
- 00:30:03
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
His childhood. Tricycle rental and fighting fish business. Public transportation in Tanjong Pagar. Why bus drivers were badly treated by the post-war public. Why he was educated in English. Schools in Tanjong Pagar. Family left for Batam on the eve of Japanese Occupation. How interviewee's father escaped mass screening. Food supply during Japanese Occupation. Prisoners of war (POWs).
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Reel/Disc 6 of 6
Metadata
- 21 Apr 1989
Recording Date
- 00:15:55
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
History of Sin Chew Kindergarten. Where he stayed upon return from Australia. His impressions of Duxton Road.
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